As many as 50 percent of human cancer cases — across a wide variety of tissues — involve defects in
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Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells: Scientists identify genetic characteristics of fetal stem cells that may lead to breast cancer later in life
Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities between cells in the most malignant cancers
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T cell engineering breakthrough sidesteps need for viruses in gene-editing: With faster, cheaper, more precise technique, authors say it’s ‘off to the races’ toward new cell therapies
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed the
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Engineered cancer cells can fight primary and metastatic cancer: CRISPR-enhanced, reverse-engineered cancer cells with a ‘kill switch’ can home in on and destroy tumors
What if cancer cells could be re-engineered to turn against their own kind? A new study led by researchers at
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Drug’s impact on amino acid transporter may offer non-small cell lung cancer patients new hope
An amino acid transporter named xCT may affect the growth and progression of non-small cell lung cancer, a discovery that
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Stem cell therapy drug may protect against smoke-related COPD symptoms: Stem cell mobilization protects lung function in mouse study
A drug used in stem cell therapy to treat certain cancers may also protect against cigarette smoke-induced lung injury. The
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A new tactic for starving tumors
A tumor’s goal is simple: to grow, grow, grow, by making more cancer cells. But that often means growing so
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New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment
Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver cancer, according to findings published
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New target to stop cancer growth uncovered
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer cells secrete large numbers of
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Human immune ‘trigger’ map paves way for better treatments
A discovery about how human cells are ‘triggered’ to undergo an inflammatory type of cell death could have implications for
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